Jack.



F. A. WIN DUS.

JACK. APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 25, 1912.

1,065,196, Patented June 17, 1913.

I Attorneys FRED A. WINDUS, OF IPORTAGE, WISCONSIN;

JACK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 1'7, 1913 Application filed September 25, 1912. Serial No. 722,343.

T 0 all whom it may concern ie it known that I, FRED A. lVINDUs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Portage, in the county of Columbia and State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and useful Jack, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in log handling jacks, the primary object of the present invention being the provision of a novel form of log handling jack which will permit of the log being rolled thereupon and due to the positioning and easy operation of the lifting lever to render the lifting of the log into saw engaging position more easy, such log being held in the proper position during the sawing action and without danger to the operator.

\Vith the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation illustrating the jack in the position when presenting a log to a saw, dotted lines illustrating the position of the jack when receiving the log from the ground. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the complete jack per 86.

Referring to the drawings, and particularly to Fig. 1, the numeral 1 designates the saw frame which carries the circular saw 2 and upon which the present jack is preferably disposed. The present jack as clearly shown consists of the two spaced plates 8 which are connected together at 4 by means of a bolt which also forms a means for connecting the two plates 3 to the frame 1. The lower end of the two plates 3 is adapted to be disposed upon the ground and in inclined. relation as shown in Fig. 1, while pivotally connected at 5 by means of a bolt are the two spaced levers 6 and 7, the lever 6 being a. short lever and being rigidly connected for movement in unison to the long lever 7 by means of the cross-bar 8. The lever 7 is provided with the extension handle 7, whereby the pivoted member may be manually moved from the dotted position Fig. 1 to full line position. Connected to the respective levers 6 and 7 are the log receivmg brackets or arms 9 and 9, there being one to each lever, the upper surface of which is so curved, as clearly shown in Fig. 1, as to form with the adjacent portion of the levers 6 and 7 a receptacle for the log L so that the same may be rolled upon the handle member when the same is in the dotted position Fig. 1, and be elevated to the full line position so as to be placed in engagement with the saw 2. The chain 10 is connected to the pivoted member so that the free end thereof may be connected to the extreme end of the frame 1 so that the log may be held in the proper position relative to the saw 2 and thus remove the unnecessary strain of retaining the log and pivoted member in such position during the movement of the log to and from the saw during the sawng of the log.

It is evident that with a jack of this character, that the operator may readily present the log in the proper position to the saw 2, and that due to the fulcruming end of the member 3 which rests upon the ground or the rigid base beyond the saw 2, the neces sary leverage is provided to the members 6'? to permit of the easy elevation from the dotted line to the full line position, Fig. 1. By providing the single handle 7, as offset from the member 6 as shown, the operator can properly present the log to the saw at all times and the same may be used at the left orthe right, at one side, of the sawing machine. When the jack is properly positioned with relation to a saw for cutting fire wood, the man that receives the cut wood stands between the saw and the balance wheel so that the jack is in the proper position during such operation as to permit the wood to be taken from the saw side and not from the fly wheel side as is the usual custom.

What is claimed is:

1. In a log handling ack, an inclined supporting member, a pivoted member consisting of a short and a long lever pivoted to the lower end of the inclined supporting member, the long lever constituting the hand lever and log guide, and a log carrying bracket connected to each lever.

2. In a log handling device including two spaced plates, a short and a long tapered lever pivotally connected to one end of the spaced plates, the long lever being provided with a handle extension, a cross-bar connecting the free end of the short lever to the long lever, and a log receiving bracket connected to each lever.

3. In a log handling device including tWo spaced plates, a short and a long tapered lever pivotally connected to one end or" the spaced plates, the long lever being provided with a handle extension, a cross bar connecting the free end of the short lever to the long lever, a log receiving bracket connected to each lever, and a flexible connection connected to the two levers for supporting the same in elevated position when presenting a log to a saw.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afiixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

FRED A. l VINDUS. lVitnesses JAMES NlAI-IAR, D. J. MCDONALD.

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